Working group: Fats, Surfactants, Cosmetics
Pedagogical activity:
- Bachelor's degree program
- Introduction to Food and Biochemical Sciences
- Physical properties of food
- Food technology (Fat technology)
- Master's degree program
- Laboratory of food technology and process control
- Technological Project
- Supervising BSc and MSc diploma projects
Scientific activity:
- Lipids in food and cosmetics
- Crystallization of structured triacylglycerols
Other activities:
- Member of the Czech Chemical Society
Education:
- 09/2013 – 06/2016 bachelor's degree, Food technology, UCT Prague
- 09/2016 – 06/2018 MSc Food technology, UCT Prague
- 09/2018 – 11/2023 PhD, Food chemistry and technology, UCT Prague, Dissertation thesis: Synthesis and application of structured triacylglycerols
Employment history:
- 04/2020 – 03/2024 Resercher, Department of Dairy, Fat and Cosmetics, UCT Prague
- 03/2024 – Assistent profesor, Department of Dairy, Fat and Cosmetics, UCT Prague
Selected scientific papers since 2015:
ORCID ID 0000-0002-0753-9143
- Kalenchak, K., Novakova, L., Vachalova, T., Honzikova, T., Hybner, T., Rajchl, A., . . . Kyselka, J. (2026). New Insight into Cavitation-Assisted Chemical Refining and Enzymatic Modification of Vegetable Oils and Their Impact on Physicochemical Properties of Final Products. FOODS, 15(3). doi:10.3390/foods15030439
- Benes, R., D. Koval, I. Svec, A. Macurkova, B. Vrchotova, T. Honzikova, K. Kalenchak, J. Barta, V. Bartova, J. Bedrnicek, F. Lorenc, P. Smetana, and J. Kyselka. "Antimicrobial and Antifungal Activities of Proline-Based 2,5-Diketopiperazines Occurring in Food and Beverages and Their Synergism with Lactic Acid." ACS Agric Sci Technol 5, no. 8 (Aug 18 2025): 1681-92. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsagscitech.5c00236.
- Kalenchak, Katsiaryna, Markéta Berčíková, Kateřina Sasínová, Tereza Honzíková, Radek Beneš, Jan Rohlíček, Jan Kyselka, and Vladimír Filip. "Ternary Phase Behavior of 1,3-Dipalmitoyl-2-Linoleoylglycerol (Plp), 1-Palmitoyl-2-Linoleoyl-3-Stearoyl-Rac-Glycerol (Pls), and 1,3-Distearoyl-2-Linoleoylglycerol (Sls): Minor Tag Species of Vegetable Fats and Oils." Crystal Growth & Design 25, no. 5 (2025): 1372-85. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.4c01308.
- Sasínová, K.; Berčíková, M.; Vrchotová, B.; Hrádková, I.; Šmidrkal, J.; Kalenchak, K. Antimicrobial and Biofilm Inhibition Activity of Novel Biobased Quaternary Ammonium Salts. ACS Omega 2025, 10 (34), 39236-39249. DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.5c06267.
- Honzikova, T., M. P. Agbaga, R. E. Anderson, R. Brush, M. Ahmad, L. Musilkova, K. Sejstalova, K. Alishevich, R. Benes, P. Simicova, M. Bercikova, V. Filip, and J. Kyselka. "Novel Approaches for Elongation of Fish Oils into Very-Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Their Enzymatic Interesterification into Glycerolipids." J Agric Food Chem 71, no. 46 (Nov 22 2023): 17909-23. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.3c05355.
- Stellner, N. I., Z. S. Rerop, J. Kyselka, K. Alishevich, R. Benes, V. Filip, G. Celik, M. Haack, M. Ringel, M. Masri, and T. Bruck. "Value-Added Squalene in Single-Cell Oil Produced with Cutaneotrichosporon Oleaginosus for Food Applications." J Agric Food Chem 71, no. 22 (Jun 7 2023): 8540-50. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.3c01703.
- Koval, Daniel, Katsiaryna Alishevich, Kateřina Sasínová, Adéla Ramešová, Štěpán Marhons, Tereza Nešporová, Ladislav Čurda, Monika Kumherová, Jan Bárta, Vladimír Filip, and Jan Kyselka. 2021. “Formation of Dihydrophenolic Acids and Aroma-Active Volatile Phenols by New Strains of Limosilactobacillus Fermentum.” European Food Research and Technology 248(2):599–611. https://doi.10.1007/s00217-021-03907-7 .
- Kyselka, Jan, Klára Cihelková, Daise Lopes-Lutz, Josef Chudoba, Tereza Váchalová, Katsiaryna Alishevich, Iveta Hrádková, Markéta Berčíková, Monika Mikolášková, and Vladimír Filip. 2021. “Mechanism Controlling High-Temperature Degradation of Sunflower Oil Triacylglycerols in the Absence of Oxygen.” European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology 123(3). doi: 10.1002/ejlt.202000228.
- Kyselka, Jan, Tereza Honzíková, Tereza Váchalová, Tereza Jirásková, Katsiaryna Alishevich, Zdeňka Rottnerová, Veronika Brychová, Markéta Berčíková, Iveta Hrádková, and Vladimír Filip. 2019. “Formation of 5α-Sitostan-3-One, 5α-Campestan-3-One, and Steroidal Hydrocarbons in Edible Oils during Catalytic Hydrogenation.” Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 67(35):9916–25. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b03054.